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Posted December 23, 2015in Sound Notes

It’s Christmas time. Many venues are dark this week because everyone is spending time with loved ones, and I’m hoping that you are all doing the same. Reflect upon the [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Sound Circuit

Auld Lang Syne

Once one of the hardest-working, most popular bands in the city, The Poison Control Center, has been largely defunct for the past three years, as the band’s component members have [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Center Stage

Double-dip uproarious

Des Moines is offering a double-dip of comedy right through the double holiday. Downtown there’s a one-man show — “man,” more or less — and on the east side there’s [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Art News

Restorations, expansions and horrors

Renaissance and expansion dominated the local art scene in 2015. The most impressive new architectural achievements were restorations. American Enterprise Group (AEG) reopened its historic Sixth Avenue headquarters thanks to [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Civic Skinny

Merry Christmas!

Twelve drummers drumming… …for Sara Boese at Polk County and Sarai Rice at the Des Moines Area Religious Council, who want to feed the hungry…and John Mauro and the Board [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Your View

Don’t be fools

The Republicans, led by President Bush, whipped Americans into a frenzy of fear following 9/11, leading to a disastrous ground war in Iraq. Many Americans were fooled into war by [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Your Money

Paid for by taxpayers in…

Paid on Dec. 14 Amount: $914.44 To: Plumb Supply Company For: Various products Amount: $62,192.62 To: Union Pacific Railroad Company For: Flashing lights and gates installation Amount: $48.07 To: Midwest [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in What the?

Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Promoting a new holiday peppermint candy — they even make your feet smell good.” -Dennis Moore [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Tech Talk

The death of shaky video

In the mid 2000s, the journalism industry was abuzz about the prospect of citizen journalists — independent producers who would research topics and illuminate major concerns in the world. Activists [...]

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Posted December 23, 2015in Film Review

Awake at last

Let’s get it out of the way up front: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a fantastic Star Wars film. Whether or not this makes it a great film in [...]

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